Varanasi panchang, 1 February 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 09:33 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:18
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:28
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 07:42 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddha until 18:24
- Karana Balava until 09:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:42 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:24 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:18
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:58 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 07:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 07:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:42 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:42 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:40 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:41 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:42 Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 07:26 Capricorn
- 07:26 – 08:57 Aquarius
- 08:57 – 10:26 Pisces
- 10:26 – 12:04 Aries
- 12:04 – 14:01 Taurus
- 14:01 – 16:15 Gemini
- 16:15 – 18:33 Cancer
- 18:33 – 20:47 Leo
- 20:47 – 22:59 Virgo
- 22:59 – 01:16 next day Libra
- 01:16 – 03:33 next day Scorpio
- 03:33 – 05:38 next day Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 06:41 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method